Click Track Guides
How to build click tracks, how to play to one without fighting it, and when a click track beats a plain metronome.
How to Make a Click Track
The fastest way to build one online, plus how to do it in GarageBand, Logic, and Pro Tools — and what to do when the song changes tempo.
Click Track vs. Metronome
A metronome is a live, adjustable pulse; a click track is a pre-programmed tempo map you can hand to a band. When each one is the right tool.
How to Record Drums to a Click Track
Choosing a click sound that cuts through, building a headphone mix that helps, and the practice habits that stop you fighting the grid.
Start building
Everything in these guides can be built for free on the click track generator — pick a tempo or a time signature to skip a step.